The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, May 20, 1912, Image 14

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temperatute indefinitely, it wouldsupersede, dynamite in the field.This bottle had been filledwith this substance and tightlyfastened By the most carefuleomputations it had been provedbeyond doubt that the very slowinfiltration of natural heat wouldbring about the required explosion'at exactly moon on the thirdday the hour of the royal picpic "So careful had been the preparations, that this allowed a margin of error of less than a quarterof an hour. And the "czar banqueted in the gardens every daybetween 11 :30 an.d 1.-"The bottle was sent by pri-vate messenger to Copenhagenand placed in Strogoff s hands.And he was in" possession of itand had placed it in the czar'shamper while I watched him likean unsuspecting dolt and neverdreamed of his purpose."Shortly before 11 the royalparty entered the gardens andmade their way to the elm. Thecooks were busy with their worknear by, myself among them;and there was Strogoff, polishing the plates and cutlery, andthe fatal bottle itself, and fiftypaces away the czar and his family, chatting and. joking together."'Give' me the hamper Ishouted for 'none but myselfcould approach the, party. Heraised it; suddenly I rememberedthat the salt was missing, andran back for it I had gone twenty feet when a terrific roar shookthe very walls of the palace. Iescaped by, a miracle. Strogpffand the hamper were "blown Htexally into fragments.""But you said the mechanismwas accurately time," remarkedBoutcheff's friend. "At whattime did the explosion occurthen?"'Precisely at 11," Boutcheff answered. "You see, my friend,when they sent the bottle fromSt. Petersburg they had. not Remembered that it would gain onehour in time in transit. As youknow, noon at St Petersburg isonly 11 o'clock in Copenhagen."o oSPRING SPROUTS.saySThe maid and man they bill andcooBeneath the shert'ririg tree;Which proves the season sometimes failsTo bring spring. lethargy.rL Mk WufttflKfi w-.SAt - J-. )A&i